FRSC, Imo State Command to Impound Vehicles With Defaced Number Plates.

The Imo State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has warned that it will henceforth impound any vehicle whose plate number is not conspicuously displayed by the owner.

The Sector Commander, Mr. Haliru B. Halilu, who read the riot act while fielding questions from journalists in Owerri, expressed disgust at the way motorists abuse vehicle number plates in Imo.

“This serious note of warning goes to motorists using defaced number plates in the name of aesthetics, as well as owners of tokumbo vehicles driven about with foreign number plates”, the Sector Commander said.

He fumed that some taxis, private and corporate organizations’ vehicles carry single number plates, either in front or at the rear, adding that in some instances, private number plates were painted in red, thus converting such to commercial.

“Some motorists, who had their number plates illegally confiscated by some law enforcement agents, go about without identification. Some others are broken, squeezed or hidden behind constructions meant to give the vehicle some form of protection either in front or rear. All these must stop”, Halilu warned.

He therefore warned that anybody or group of persons that flout the regulation on the use of number plate must be sanctioned accordingly.

4 Responses to "FRSC, Imo State Command to Impound Vehicles With Defaced Number Plates."

I really do not know why every thing in our dear state seems different. Like Ezenwa pointed out, if I may ask you Mr halilu, do you have number plates displayed on any of your vehicles whether official or private vehicles? Let Judgement first begin in the house of God. It sounds hypocritical that you gave this order. It was recently on the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger (while a governor in california) was given a ticket in California for breaking the state’s traffic law while driving. His wife was twice sanctioned for driving while using the telephone. Even the catholic Arch-Bishop of San Francisco currently has a pending court hearing for driving while under the influence of alcohol. How come it our own rules in Nigeria are only made for the poor and less privileged? Can you Mr Halilu name to the public the number of top government officials ticketed while the state’s arm of FRSC is being under your watch? I do not support any one who flauts the law but the law has to be universal and should be applied across the board. Please Sir, try to mend your roof first before turning your attention to those of others.

Folks, there are security implications, in this dilemma. It only helps the criminals when you cannot read plate numbers. This man should devise a way of tracking violators, and issuing warning tickets at first. Repeat offenders would have their cars seized until the show up to claim them, with clean plates, pay fines and not bribes.

This is a typical case of where the lunatics have taken over the asylum. upto 30% of vehicles on nigerian roads are not road worthy, they should not be on the road. they are death traps…. most with tyres ready to burst, Lorries leaning and waiting to topple over….. instead of concentrating on vehicles not fit to be on the road, they are chasing vehicles with defaced number plates.

This is what happens when people who are incapable of organising a prayer in a church are put in charge of operations.